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First Lie Wins
by Ashley Elston & Saskia Maarleveld (narrator)
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REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK | #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This fast-paced read has everything you could want in a thriller: secret identities, a mysterious boss and a cat & mouse game that kept me guessing the whole way through.” —Reese Witherspoon Evie Porter has everything a nice Southern girl could want: a doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence, a tight group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist. The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss, Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle is the job. Evie isn’t privy to Mr. Smith’s real identity, but she knows this job isn't like the others.…
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"I am clearly into twisty mysteries that don’t really tell me where they’re going. This one is all about running cons. The main character is a con artist, who is in small-time cons. She gets involved with a group that runs much bigger, longer-term cons, and ultimately gets involved with a man through one of these cons. You really must pay attention. Is she going to be in trouble with the main person who is running this con group? That’s a big issue. I love strategy and strategy games. This one was completely for me because I was constantly thinking, ‘Who’s playing who?’ Yes, Saskia Maarleveld, who is fantastic. She gets to play these dark characters who are trying to one up each other. She plays the role of the main character, but also the role of the main character who is playing someone else in a con. So, there are a lot of layers to this. She was just great."